Meanings of wrench away in English

I wrench away from her, holding my hand to my cheek.

She tried to wrench away, but Mason squeezed her wrist harder.

He at the window was seen struggling violently to wrench away a bar.

She tried to wrench away, but her song alone was not sufficient to free her.

Each railroad desperately sought to wrench away traffic from the others by offering better inducements.

Emma tried to wrench away, but a hard, cold object pressed between her shoulder blades.

She struggled, trying to wrench away from him.

She watched Mom wrench away from him, get to her feet, turn and make for the phone.

In ducking, he lifted his hand from the table, just enough for her to wrench away and stand.

I finally manage to wrench away.

Bart panted, trying to wrench away.

In answer to her efforts to wrench away, Lanyard only tightened his hold and swung her toward the desk.

I wrench away, too late.

He tries to wrench away but I am holding on as hard as I can, holding on for dear life.

What have I to look back to but that national past from which you gentlemen want to wrench away your future?

Sentimental notions about place, language and lineage often coagulate into a nationalist movement that threatens to wrench away part of a larger nation.